The Brood (1979)
The Brood (1979)
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Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Oliver Reed](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19611-oliver-reed.webp)
Oliver Reed
Dr. Hal Raglan
![Samantha Eggar](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22922-samantha-eggar.webp)
Samantha Eggar
Nola Carveth
![Art Hindle](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16045-art-hindle.webp)
Art Hindle
Frank Carveth
![Henry Beckman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/44131-henry-beckman.webp)
Henry Beckman
Barton Kelly
![Nuala Fitzgerald](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/67243-nuala-fitzgerald.webp)
Nuala Fitzgerald
Juliana Kelly
![Cindy Hinds](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/296112-cindy-hinds.webp)
Cindy Hinds
Candice Carveth
![Susan Hogan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/5709-susan-hogan.webp)
Susan Hogan
Ruth Mayer
![Gary McKeehan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/318439-gary-mckeehan.webp)
Gary McKeehan
Mike Trellan
![Michael Magee](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michael Magee
Inspector
![Robert A. Silverman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/13282-robert-a-silverman.webp)
Robert A. Silverman
Jan Hartog
![Joseph Shaw](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Shaw
Coroner
![Larry Solway](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Larry Solway
Lawyer
![Reiner Schwarz](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/193582-reiner-schwarz.webp)
Reiner Schwarz
Dr. Birkin
![Felix Silla](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/612-felix-silla.webp)
Felix Silla
Creature
![John Ferguson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Ferguson
Creature
![Nicholas Campbell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8479-nicholas-campbell.webp)
Nicholas Campbell
Chris
![Mary Swinton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mary Swinton
Wendy
![Jerry Kostur](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jerry Kostur
Construction Worker
![Chris Britton](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/7260-christopher-britton.webp)
Chris Britton
Man in Auditorium
![Elijah Siegler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Elijah Siegler
Samson (uncredited)
![Howard Shore](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/57828-howard-shore.webp)
Howard Shore
Original Music Composer
![Pierre David](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/13277-pierre-david.webp)
Pierre David
Executive Producer
![Mark Irwin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/956307-mark-irwin.webp)
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
![Carol Spier](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Carol Spier
Art Direction
![David Cronenberg](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/13284-david-cronenberg.webp)
David Cronenberg
Director / Writer
![Claude Héroux](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Claude Héroux
Producer
![Alan Collins](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Alan Collins
Editor
![James D. Brown](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James D. Brown
Hairstylist
![Victor Solnicki](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Victor Solnicki
Executive Producer
![Allan Cotter](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Allan Cotter
Special Effects
![Shonagh Jabour](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Shonagh Jabour
Makeup Artist
![Gwen Iveson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gwen Iveson
Production Manager
![Hilary Holden](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hilary Holden
Casting
![Libby Bowden](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Libby Bowden
Second Assistant Director
![John Board](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Board
Post Production Coordinator / First Assistant Director
![Tom Mather](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1109786-tom-mather.webp)
Tom Mather
Boom Operator
![Gregory Villeneuve](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gregory Villeneuve
Second Assistant Camera
![Bill Harman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bill Harman
Construction Manager
![David Coatsworth](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David Coatsworth
Location Manager
![Robin Miller](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robin Miller
First Assistant Camera
![Angelo Stea](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Angelo Stea
Set Dresser
![Nancy Eagles](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Nancy Eagles
Continuity
![Rick Porter](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rick Porter
Still Photographer
![Joe Grimaldi](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joe Grimaldi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
![Lois Tupper](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lois Tupper
Assistant Dialogue Editor
![Jock Brandis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/337708-jock-brandis.webp)
Jock Brandis
Gaffer
![Peter Burgess](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Peter Burgess
Sound Editor
![Trudy Work](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Trudy Work
Production Secretary
![Peter Lauterman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Peter Lauterman
Property Master
![Wayne Arron](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wayne Arron
Production Accountant
![Don White](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Don White
ADR Recordist
![Carolyn Cronenberg](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Carolyn Cronenberg
Assistant Editor
![Brian Holland](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Brian Holland
Dialogue Editor
![Maris H. Jansons](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Maris H. Jansons
Key Grip
![Delphine White](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Delphine White
Wardrobe Master
![Bryan Day](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bryan Day
Sound Recordist
![Jeremy MacLaverty](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jeremy MacLaverty
Assistant Sound Editor
![Inge Klaudi](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Inge Klaudi
Assistant Makeup Artist
![Dennis Pike](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dennis Pike
Special Effects Makeup Artist
![Jack H. Young](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack H. Young
Special Effects Makeup Artist
![Michael Fruet](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michael Fruet
Assistant Set Dresser
![Tom Reid](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tom Reid
Assistant Property Master
![Andy Malcolm](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Andy Malcolm
Foley Artist
![Carlo Campana](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Carlo Campana
Grip
![Bob Gallant](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bob Gallant
Best Boy Grip
![Granada Venné](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Granada Venné
Wardrobe Assistant
![Maureen Fitzgerald](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Maureen Fitzgerald
Production Assistant
![Bob Murphy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bob Murphy
Production Assistant
![Vivian Palin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Vivian Palin
Craft Service
![Nick Schefter](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Nick Schefter
Production Assistant
![Jay Telfer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jay Telfer
Craft Service
![Robert Wertheimer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert Wertheimer
Production Assistant
Media.
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Details.
Release DateMay 25, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Content RatingR
Budget$1,355,000
Box Office$5,000,000
Filming LocationsToronto, Canada
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
The Brood is a 1979 Canadian psychological body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, and Art Hindle. Its plot follows a man and his mentally ill ex-wife, who has been sequestered by a psychiatrist known for his controversial therapy techniques. A series of brutal unsolved murders serves as the backdrop for the central narrative.
Written by Cronenberg after his own acrimonious divorce, he intended the screenplay as a meditation on a fractured relationship between a husband and wife who share a child, and cast Eggar and Hindle as loose facsimiles of himself and his ex-wife. He would later state that, despite its incorporation of science fiction elements, he considered it his sole feature that most embodied a "classic horror film". Principal photography of The Brood took place in late 1978 in Toronto on a budget of $1.5 million. The film's score was composed by Howard Shore, in his film composing debut.
Released in the spring of 1979 by New World Pictures, The Brood proved profitable for the studio, grossing over $5 million. Though it initially received positive reviews from critics, it would establish itself as a cult film in the following decades. It has attracted scholarly interest from academics in the areas of film theory for its themes regarding mental illness and parenthood. In 2006, the Chicago Film Critics Association named it the 88th scariest film of all time. In 2013, it was selected for restoration by the Criterion Collection, which subsequently released it on Blu-ray.
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